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purloin |
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purloin verb appropriate dishonestly, appropriate fraudulently, avertere, burglarize, cheat, commit larceny, defalcate, defraud, embezzle, filch, furari, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, pilfer, poach, rob, seize, snatch, spirit away, steal, surripere, swindle, take, take by fraud, take dishonestly, take feloniously, take wrongfully, thieve, unlawfully deprive See also: abduct, bilk, carry away, cheat, defalcate, deprive, despoil, embezzle, hold up, impropriate, jostle, loot, peculate, pilfer, pirate, plunder, poach, rob, steal How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But these pernicious purloiners are pinnipeds--several dozen sea lions, which have discovered easy pickin's at the foot of the fish ladder that the salmon use to get around Bonneville Dam. |
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